Ruling device.



N. W. VON HOLDT.

RULING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.16,1911.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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N. W. VON HOLDT.

BULING DEVICE.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 0cT.16.1911.

YHE NORRIS PETERS COY. PHoTD-LITHU.. WASHINGTON, D. l.'

N. W. VON HOLDT.

RULING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.16. 1911.

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N. W. VON HOLDT.

RULING DEVICE.

APPLICATION IILBD 00116, 1911.

1,1 1 8,082, Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NORBERT WM. VON HOLDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RULING DEVICE.

Application filed. October 16, 1911.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that 1, NORBERT WM. VON HoLDT, a citizen of the United States, residing in (lhicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, (whose post-oi'lice address is 4329 Jackson Boulevarch) have invented new and useful Improvements in Ruling Devices, of which the following is a specification.

It will be understood by those familiar with the art of lithographing that in preparing the surface of a stone for making lithographs it is often necessary, as a step in the process, to inscribe upon the surface of the stone a large number of straight, evenl y spaced parallel lines. Such lines are ordinarily made by a diamond, or by a sharp pointed tool, or other implement, and devices have heretofore been employed for guiding the hand of the operator in moving the drawing implement over the surface of the stone to make the lines as required.

The present invention has for one of its objects the production of a device for performing the entire operation of ruling and properly spacing a number of parallel lines upon a lithographing stone or other surface, which device shall be mechanically actuated and entirely automatic in its operation and shall require no attention other than its proper adjustment and initial setting at the beginning of its operation.

A machine embodying the principles of the present invention is herein illustrated especially designed and adapted for ruling lines upon hard surfaces such as lithogra )hing stones, and is shown as equipped with a diamond point for such purpose; but the operative parts of the device are equally adapted for carrying marking or engraving tools or implements of other forms, for ruling lines upon surfaces of other characters and of other material, such as sheet-s of paper, metal plates, and the like; and for employment in mechanical arts other than the art of lithographing.

The device here shown comprises, in general terms, a frame somewhat in the form of a table having a flat top upon which is laid the litliographing stone or other terial to be operated upon. Somewhat above the table top are arranged horizontal rails supporting a longitudinally sliding carriage; and the latter in turn carries a transverse rail supporting a transversely sliding, or cross-sliding carriage to which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov. 24, 1914.

Serial No. 654,901.

is xed the ruling implement, or stylus. Means are provided for shifting the longitudinally sliding carriage backward and forward upon its rails to carry the stylus over the surface of the work and draw the lines; and for periodically moving the crosssliding carriage along its rail in order to space the lines the proper distance apart. These parts and others are shown in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure l is a view in side elevation showing a machine embodying the principles of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 2%3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a view in side elevation of the sliding link and its associated parts removed from the machine. Fig. 5 is a vertical section through one of the bearings of the cross-feeding screw. Fig. 6 is a vertical section on line 66 of Fig. 2, but showing the parts in an altered position. F ig. i' is a vertical section on line 7--7 of Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the sliding link forming a part of the device, removed from the machine. Fig. 9 is a 'vertical section on line 9 9 of Fig. 2. Fig. 10 is a view of a small hand crank used in connection with the device.

.1s shown in said drawings, 12 indicates as a whole a frame in the general form of a table comprising supporting members or legs 14, 14, a flat top l5, and stiffening members or braces 16, and 17, the latter being made in the form of a shelf upon which may be mounted a motor 18 for driving the machine. The fiat top 15 is designed to support the material, such as a lithographing stone upon which it may be desired to operate; and above such top is arranged the marking implement and its operating parts in such manner that the implement may be moved backward and forward over the stone in the desired manner. rliccordingly there are placed near the foot of the table top l5, and a somewhat greater distance from the head, a pair of sui'iporting members, 20 and 21 respectively, in the form of low walls across the tops of which are laid horizontal rails 22 and .supporting a longitudinally sliding' carriage 24 (Fig. 2). The latter, as viewed in top plan view, is T-shaped, comprising a long, solid, head portion 25 with its lower edge 26 wedge-shaped and resting in a correspondingly shaped longitudinal groove in the rail 22, and a long transverse arm 27 with its farther end supported by a engaging with pins 93 on each pawl. Either pawl may be thrown out of its operative position by turning it outward upon its pivot until the pressure of its spring 91 acts upon it in the opposite direction, as shown by the dotted lines in F ig. G, where it will rest against the corresponding stud 92 and remain out of engagement with the ratchet teeth. The shifting bar 60 is prevented from rotating by means of a long key-way 9i in its surface engaged by a pin extending inward from a post 95 through which such bar extends; and the tube 62 is prevented from rotating during the idle movement of the cyl inder G-l by its frictional engagement with the threaded bar (30. By this means it will be seen that the screw 30, driven by the i ghi; pulley llt, will operate to slide the carriage along its rails, and that when such carriage has neared the end of its stroke it will engage one of the springs 73 and compress the same until the inertia of the bar 39 and its associated parts, and the friction of the rotating surfaces has been overcome, when the further move nent of the carriage will operate to shift the bar 60 with its tubular extension 62. '.lhe latter, engaging through one of its flanges, 66 or (37, with the forked upper end of the shifting lever GS, till swing such lc'rer and shift the belts 118 and L15-Q1 for a reverse movement of such carriage; but because of the distance between the .flanges Gt? and (3T such engagement of the tube 6:2 with the shifting lever will not taire place until the tube and Cylinder have moved longitudinally a suiiicient distance to rotate such cylinder and, through one of the pawls 89 and 99, likewise the threaded tube, to vary the longitudinal position of the shifting bar 60. rlhis continuous changing of the position of the bar G0, and consequent lengthening of the distance of travel of the carriage in one direction before striking the corresponding spring i8 and shortening of the distance of its tra vel in the opposite direction, permits of the ruling of parallel lines or cuts all of equal length but beginning progressively farther to the right, or lef as the Case may be, of a perpendicular from some point in the first line, as when the lines are ruled diagonally to one ot the margins of the stone or other piece of work. (lr, if it desired. that the ruled lines shall terminate in points lying in perpendicular lines` the pawls S9 and 99 are both engaged with the ratchet teeth; whereby the longitudinal displacement of the shifting bar (30 at one stroke of the carriage Q4 will be restored by the reverse stroke, and succeeding complete strokes of the sliding carriage Q4 will not operate to vary the position of the shifting bar, but the latter will operate, at each movement of the carriage 24, at the same point relative to the stroke of the latter.

Referring now to the longitudinally reciprocating carriage 2l, the transverse arm 27 is made somewhat in the form of a- T- rail (see Fig. 3), its top surface being widened to support a transversely sliding carriage 98, and diagonally undercut to rovide engaging surfaces for such carriage and prevent it from leaving its rail. The carriage 98 comprises a base plate 100 restinir on the rail 27 but made somewhat wider than the top of the rail and having at one side a depending flange 1.01 which is suitably shaped to engage .'ith the diagonally undercut surface of the rail head.. A somewhat deeper flange 102 at the opposite Inargin of the base plate 10() is provided with a horizontal groove in its inner face, in which groove is fitted wedgeshaped bloclr 107 engaging with the other side of the rail 2T. rrdjusting screws 108, provided with set nuts 109, extend through the flange 102 and bear against the blocli 10T to press it against the rail and compensate for wear.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the carriage 9S is adal'ited to slide transversely along the rail and such transverse movement, or cross-feeding, is accomplished as follows: Rising from the carriage 98 is a projection 112 having a transverse, internally threaded opening in the form of a nut to engage with a long` transversely arranged, horizontal, threaded shaft or screw 113. Sai d screw ioni-n aled at one end in a ournal member 1.14 resting upon the frame member 2li and its opposite end is suitably rerssed and engaged by a pointed screw 11G to form an adjustable cone bearing for such end; said screw 11G being threaded through a. vertical iange 11i' rising 'from the end of the rail 27. In order to proi'ide against lost motion between the screw 113 and the nut 112 the latter is split, its two parts being drawn together by a screw 115 as shown; and careful provision also made against lateral disililarement of the screw 113,which would interfere with the proper spacing of the lines. Accordingly the shaft 113 is made with an integral beveled -thmst collar 11S (klli Si), adapted to engage with the ournal member 111; and the opposite face of said thrust collar engages with the inner face of a dish 119 secured to the adiacent face of the member 111i by screws 19,1. Other screws 123 extend through the disk and provide for the proper spacing apart of the disk 119 from the ournal member 11s-i; whereby these partsl may be adjusted to compensate for near and the shaft 113 will be accurately maintained in its prouer relation to the other parts.

ratrhet wheel 1550 nxed te the outer end of the shaft 11?) and periodically ro-A tated by parts having limited sliding en gagel'nent with the frame member 25 and intermittently operated through the Inovella ments of the bracket 29 above described; which latter, instead of being fixed to the Frame member or other solid portion of the traveling1 carriage 24, is lixed to one of such relatively movable parts. As best shown in Figs. il, T and 8, indicates a. sliding block arranged in a recess in the side oi' the frame member and free to slide longitudinally in such recess. The block 122 is formed along its inner margin with a depending' vertical flange 124e having its lower edge Wedge-shaped and resting in a corresponding Agroove in a shelf 126; which latter is rlxed to the under surface of the frame member 23 and Forms the bottom of said recess. T he shelt' is secured to the frame member by means of machine screivs 12T; and between the shelf and the underside ot' the frame member is placed a thin plate or shim 12S which determines the proper separation of these parts and the corresponding height of the recess. ln the use of the inachine, the shim 128 may be occasionally filed do'vvn, or replaced by a thinner plate, permitting the` screws 12T to be tightened to compensato tor Wear. The block 122 is longitudinally slotted, and Within its slot is arrange-:l a .st-rond sliding` block 13() which is tree to slide longitudinally Within the first block, beingA guided by rods or studs 131 eX- tending through the end vvalls oi snch slotted block and fixed in the ends oi' the block 12:30: and above the block 1F50 and normally resting upon it is a rack bar 131 likeuise arranged within the slotted block 122 and haring upon its upper suriace ratchet teeth 13T adapted to engage with the ratchet Wheel 120. The bracket member 29 above mentioned is lizied bj.' means of bolts 13'( to the block 130; and on the upper surface of the latter are tuo iledg dike projections or Cain surfaces7 'lai-(l and 1-11 respectively; which enter corresponding recesses in the lower surface oi' the rack bar.

Pins 1-1-2 are fixed the inner side Walls of the slotted block and extend through vertical sluts in the bar 131. By this means vill be seen that a sliding movement of the bleek 1330 toward the loft. as vieived in l. to the end of its travel within the ted block 122. vvill operate, through the ram surfaces l--O and 14d, to raise the rack bar il: and a further movement of the llrck 130 (and likewise of the slotted block 122 by reason of the e .easement of the block 'l-!) therewith) will operate to rotate the ratchet wheel 120: while a rererse mor/ement of the lilo-ck 1:;0 within the slotted block will allem' the rack bar to fall out of engagement with the ratchet wheel and the parts to be morrd iu the i verse direction without rotating; the latter. rllhe sliding movement of the slotted block 122 in its recess in the direction 'irst mentioned is limited by a small block 145 in the form of an adjustable stop Which slides Within the recess in the same manner as does the block 122 and is provided With a set screw 146 for rictional engagement with the inner Wall of said recess. Its movement in the opposite direction is limited by a small lived block or stop 144 projecting from the end of the frame member 25. The operation of these parts is as follows: Upon each operation of the screw 30 to move the bracket 29 backward, or toward the left as viewed in Figs. 1 and 1, the block 130, sliding within the slotted block 122, will aise the rack bar 134 and cause it to mesh with the ratchet wheel 120; whereupon further moreinent of the inner and outer blocks, and through them the rack bar, will rotate the ratchet wheel and move the carriage 9S along` its rail until further sliding oit the slotted block 122 is prevented by the adjustable stop 1415; when the carriage 2l will be shifted along its rails until it is brought into engagement with one of the springs 78 as above described. ln order that a iirictional engagement of the block 130 with the slotted block may not operate to slide the latter Without causing suliicient relative movement betvfeen the tivo blocks to raise the rack bar 13st. the latter is provided with a projection 1:3() having' at its end a trigger-shaped hook 151 adapted to engage with the small block l/l-l fixe-1l to the .jacent end of the frame member lt YYill be seen therefore that 'when the hook 151 is engaged with its block l-l-l the rack bar will be prevented 'from sliding relative to the heavy carriage 24s until the sl i( ing block 130 with its cam surfaces has raised it a suliicient distance to disengragro the hook 151; at which position the rack teeth 135 will engage with the ratchet Wheel as above described. ri`he ratchet Wheel 1520 is prevented i'rom opposite rotation by means ci a paul 154 pivoted in a small bracket fixed upon the top of the frame member 2? and yieldingly pressed down- `ward by means of a spring 156; and a reverse longitudinal movement oiE the sliding block 130 will allow the rack bar 134 to drop into its lower position shoivn in Fig. 1) and slide with the slotted block 122 until the latter reaches the end of its stroke; when the hook 151 will be brought into engagement Vwith the block lil-ll above described. The end of the shalt 113 is squared to permit of the engagement of a small crank 157 (Fig. l0), by which it may be rotated by hand to secure the proper setting of the carriage 98 at the beginning of the operation. ln addition to these parts there is secured to the slidingy block 122 a illat plate 1GO haying upon its upper edge a peculiarly shaped cam surface 161 which operates, in a manner more fully described hereinafter. to raise and lower the marking implement from the surface of the vvork according to the direction oit movement of the carriage 2-1. As

best shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 7, 165 indicates a transverse shaft j ournaled at one end in an opening through the flange 117, above described, and at its other end passing through a journal member 167, with suitable thrust collars 168 to provide against lateral displacement. On its end is a crank arm 170 carrying a small roller 171 engaging with the cam surface 161 above described; said shaft being surrounded at its adjacent end portieri by a coil spring 172 which tends t0 rotate it and operates to press the roller into yielding engagement with the cam. Said spring is lixed at one end to the bracket member 167 and at its other end to a collar 17 3 which is secured upon the shaft by a set screw as shown.

'I he marking implement 175 (best shown in Fig. 3) is provided at its lower end with a diamond point 176, and is secured at the end of a jointed arm 177 which is pivoted at the lower end of a post 17S depending from the frame member 100. The post 17 8 carries at its lower end a horizontal hub 179, and the arm 177 a cross voke 166; and pointed screws extend through the ends of the latter and into corresponding depressions in the ends of the hub to form cone bearings upon which the arm is pivoted. One of said screws, 182, is tixed permanently into the end ot the yoke 160; and the other, 183, is made with a knurled head and adapted for adjustment, being provided with a knurled lock nut 184. From the side ot the yoke 180 opposite to the arm 177 extends a short arm 186 upon which is placed an adjustable counter-weight 187 for balancing the weight of the moving parts. A small vertically arranged sliding rod 190 is journaled in a projection 191 from the post 17S, and into its lower end is threaded a screw 192, which may be adjusted to vary the elfective length of said rod. Said screw has a large pointed head adapted for engagement with a flat plate 193, which is secured, as by screws 194, to the top side of the yoke 180 opposite to the arm 177; said sliding rod being operated through an arm 196 which extends radially from the shaft 165 and rests upon the upper end of said rod. The arm 196 is free to slide lengthwise upon its shaft and is moved along the latter, during the corresponding movement of the carriage 98, and prevented from disengagement with the vertical rod 190, by means of a pair of guide plates 198 which extend forward from the top of the base plate 100, one on either side of the hub portion oit said arm. A small screw or pin 199 extends through the hub portion of the arm 196 and enters a corresponding key-way 20() cut along substantially the entire length of the shaft 165, whereby the rotation of the latter is transmitted to the arm. The operation of these parts is as follows: During the forward movement of the sliding block 122, or toward the right as viewed in Fig. 1, the cam 161 will operate to raise the arms 170 and 196, allowing the vertical rod 190 to rise and the arm 177 with its marking implement to descend upon the surface of the work. It will be noted that the lower portion or foot of the cam 161 is somewhat steep, which will cause a somewhat rapid rise of the roller 171 upon its first engagement therewith and allow a rapid descent of the marking implement; and the middle portion of said cam surface is made less steep in order to arrest the downward movement o1 the implement and allow it to descend slowly upon the stone. The remaining portion of the cam is again made steep in order that its further travel raise the arm 196 entirely out of engagement with the vertical rod 190 and leave the implementfree to follow irregularities in the surface of the stone. During the backward movement of the sliding block 122 or toward the lett as viewed in Fig. 1 the cam 161 will permit the arm 170 to descend, thereby allowing the coil spring 172 to rotate the vshaft 165 and the arm 196, which arm will operate to depress the vertical rod 190 and thus raise the arm 177 and withdraw its marking implement from the surface of the work. Screws 205, extending through horizontal slots in the cam plate 160 and into the block 122 serve to keep the former in place and permit of its horizontal adjustment relative to the slotted block, in order to provide for the proper engagement of the cam 161 with the cam roller.

Across the top of the frame member 100 is arranged a horizontal arm 210, to the end of which is jointed a vertical arm 211 having at its lower end a fixed brush 212, which is designed to brush the point of the marking implement at each upward movement oli' the latter and remove therefrom particles of material accumulated in its operation upon the stone.

Means are provided for automatically interrupting the current to the motor 18 at the end of the operation et the device; said means comprising a pair of horizontal feed rails arranged parallel to the rail 23, a collecting shoe carried by the carriage 24, and a switch on the collecting shoe, arranged to be opened at the end of the travel of the cross sliding carriage 9S. The feed rails, indicated by 220, are laid in a strip of insulating material 221 attached by means of. brackets 222 to the rail 23; and the current is collected by means of a sliding shoe 226. likewise of insulating material and jformed with a bracketlike extension 227 which is secured to the flange 117 ot the sliding carriage 2-1. In openings in the bottom ot' the shoe are placed brushes 280, 230, each being pressed yieldingly downward by a spring 231, 231, and into engagement with the rails; and on top of the shoe 226 is placed a knife switch 233, the two contact points of which are connected with the brushes through the springs 231. One of the rails is connected to the line wires and the other to the motor 1S, the circuit being completed tarough the knife switch; whereby it will be seen that the opening of the knife switch will interrupt the current to the motor. Such opening is accon'iplished as follows: A horizontal trip bar 240 is arranged to extend entirely across the longitudinally sliding carriage being journaled at one end in the journal member 167 above described, and at its other end in a bracket member 243 which is fixed to the flange 117 of the sliding carriage 24. Its outer end is provided with a fixed collar 245, and upon the part between its bearings is placed a loose collar 246 which may be adjustably fixed by means of a set screw 247. Upon one of the guide plates 198 which extend from the cross sliding carriage 98 is placed a small vertical post 249 arranged to engage with the collar 216 at av pre-determined point in the lateral movement of said carriage, according to the setting of the collar 246, and shift the trip bar longitudinally in its bearings; thereby causing the collar 245 to engage with the vertical arm 250 of the knife switch and open the latter. An additional fixed collar 252 is placed upon the trip bar to engage with the inner face of the bearing 243 and limit the sidewise shifting movement of said bar, in order to prevent it from being displaced from its bearings. A spring 253 is arranged to pull down upon the end of the arm 250 and open the switch quickly, after it has moved far enough to bring the spring past its pivot point, in order to prevent arcing.

In the operation of the device the crosssliding carriage 24 is moved backward to the point of beginning of its travel by rotating the shaft 113, the pawl 154 being raised and held out of engagement with the ratchet wheel 120 to permit of such rotation. The lithographing stone or other material is then placed upon the table top and the adjustable collars 75 and 76 are adjusted on the shifting bar 60 to determine the proper length of stroke of the carriage 24 and accordingly the length of lines to be ruled. The pawls 89 and 90 are likewise adjusted according as it may be desired to begin each succeeding line in a perpendicular from the point of beginning of the first. line; or to the right or left of such perpendicular: and the carriage 24 is then moved by hand to the left to the end of its stroke by rotating the screw 30. rlhe belt 49 then being placed on the tight pulley 46 and the switch 233 closed, the traveling carriage will begin its travel; the movement of the screw 30 having first, however, shifted the sliding block 130 and the slotted block 122 in the traveling carriage to cause the marking implement to be lowered upon the work. At the end of the stroke the engagement of the carriage with one of the springs 78 will shift the bar 60 with its tubular eXtension 62 and through it the beit shifting devices to place the belt 48 upon the tight pulley and reverse the direction of rotation of the screw 80; such reversal operating first to slide the loose block 130 and raise the rack bar 134 into engagement with the ratchet wheel 120, then to slide the slotted block 122 to raise the marking implement and rotate the ratchet wheel 120, moving the cross-sliding carriage 98 along its rail; and further rotation of said screw will move the traveling carriage back to its point of beginning and in position for a succeeding strokethe operation continuing until the cross movement of the carriage 98 has tripped the trip bar 240 and opened the switch.

The pulleys 50 and 51 are proportioned as shown in order that the carriage 24 may be moved slowly forward through its marking stroke by the small pulley, and may be quickly returned by the large pulley.

l claim as my invention:

1. In a ruling machine, a traveling carriage` a sliding block mounted therein and provided with a rack bar, and means for raising` the latter into its operative position and allowing it to fall back.

2. In a ruling machine, a traveling carriage and means for actuating the same, a reciprocally moving bar adapted for engagement by said carriage, and means for increasing the distance of travel of said bar on successive strokes in either direction. and equally decreasing its distance of travel on successive strokes in the opposite direction.

3. ln a ruling machine. a traveling carriage, a rotating screw for actuating the samel means for reversing the direction of rotation of said screw` a reciprocally moving bar for actuating said means, ano means for increasing the distance of travel of said bar on successive strokes in either direction, and equally decreasing its listance of' travel on successive strokes in the opposite direction.

4. 1n a ruling machine, a reciprocally traveling carriage, a reciproeally movable shifting bar adapted for engagement therewith, and means for periodically varying the position of said bar with respect to the path of travel of said carriage.

5. In a ruling machine, a traveling carriage, a shifting bar adapted for engagement therewith, a part carried by said bar and movable therewith, means operating through the movement of said part to rotate the same, and means operating through the rotation of said part to vary the position of said har in the direction of travel of said carriage.

6. ln a ruling machine, a traveling carriage and means for actuating the same, a. reciprocally moving bar adapted for en gagement by said carriage, and means for progressively displacing in either direction the path ot movement et said 'ear to successively advance its point of farthest travel in one direction and equally limit the distance of its return in the opposite direction.

7. ln a ruling machine, a reciprocally moving carriage carrying a marking device, and means for progressively displacing in either direction the path oit movement of said carriage to successively advance its point of farthest travel in one direction and equally limit the distance of its return in the opposite direction.

tl. ln a ruling machine, a traveling carri age, a non-rotative shitting har adapted for engagement therewith, a sie ve in threaded engagement with said bar, a rotative cylinder upon said sleeve, a spiral groove in said cylinder and a` stationary part engaging therewith whereby the reciprocal longitudinal n'iovement oi said cylinder rotates the same, and means for imparting rotation from said cylinder to said sleeve.

9. ln a` ruling machine, a traveling carriage, and means for operating the saine, a reeiprocally movable -har afflapted tor engagement vsith said carriage to control said operatine' means, and means tor progressively displacing the path of movement et said bar in a continuons direction to con-- tinuously vary the path of movement ot said traveling carriage.

l0. In a ruling machine, a reciprocally moving carriage, means tor operating the same and revers'ng the direction of movement at the end of each stroli i, reciprocally moving har for controlling said means, adjustable stops on said ha r for engagement hy such carriage, and means for increasing the distance ot travel o1 said har on successive strokes in either direc'zion, and equally decreasing its distance of travel on successive strokes Vin the cppcsite direction.

il. ln a iing machine, a longitudinally moving carriage and a transverselyY moving carriage, a threaded transverse shaft for actuating said latter carriage, a sliding block and a relatively movable rack bar in said longitudinally moving carriage, cam surfaces on such parts, and a ratchet Wheel on said threaded transverse shaft for engagement by said rack har.

l2. In a ruling machine, a longitudinally moving carriage and av transversely moving carriage, a threaded transverse shaft 'tor actuating said latter carriage, a sliding bleek and a relatively movable rack har in said longitudinally moving carriage, cam sur faces on such parts, a ratchet Wheel en said threaded transverse shaft for engagement oy said rack liar, and hook on said rack har.

13. ln a ruling machine, a reciprof'fally moving carriage. and a non-rotative shilting har for controlling the saine, a sleeve in threaded engagement with such har. a c vlinv der on such sleeve, means for reciprocally rotating said cylinder, and means tor imparting rotation in either direction from said cylinder to said sleeve.

14. In a ruling machine, a reciprocally moving carriage, and a non-rotative shitting har for controlling the same, a sleeve in threaded engagement with such lier, a cylinder on such sleeve, means for reciprocally rotating said cylinder, and ratchets on one ci such parts and oppositeiy engaging paivls on the other.

l5. In a ruling machine, a reciprocally moving carriage` carrying marking device and means for increasing its distance ot travel on successive strokes in either direction, and equally decreasing its distance et travel on successive strokes in the opposite direction.

i6. ln a ruling machine, a reciprocally movable carria carrying a marking device, and means 'for continuously advancing the points oi farthest travel ot' said carril. Y either direction.

ln Witness vvl'iefcot, .l have hereunto suhscriloed my name in the presence ot tivo witnesses this 4th day of Gctoher 1911.

NORBERT WM. voiv HOLDT.

Wvitnesses:

S. D. Hinsciin, L. E. CHins'rIANson.

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